Tax on Meat

Philosopher Peter Singer suggests implementing a tax on animal
products in order to discourage their consumption such as the taxes on
cigarettes that saved many lives – not only the lives of people who are
discouraged from smoking as much as they would if cigarettes were cheap,
but also the lives of others who spend less time passively inhaling
smoke. According to Singer meat-eaters impose costs on others, and the
more meat they eat, the greater the costs. Meat-eaters raise our health
insurance premiums, increase Medicare and Medicaid costs for taxpayers,
pollute our rivers, threaten the survival of fishing communities, push
up food prices for the world’s poor, and accelerate climate change.